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Spring is in the air. Maybe that's not true in most parts of the country, but it is true at Florida, where our spring Gators teams are firing up their respective seasons. Spring is an exciting time for all of the many Gators athletic teams. Yes, football is over, and after National Signing Day, we only have the Orange and Blue Game to look forward to at Florida Field until the fall. But the spring season sports are the strongest at UF this and most years, and spring is when the Gators begin to climb the standings of the NACDA Learfield Sports Director’s Cup.
At the University of Florida, we measure success by championships. Florida teams have hoisted national championship trophies 26 times in addition to securing 221 NCAA individual national championships. During the 2010-11 school year, the men's indoor track and field and women’s tennis team earned national titles for the Gators. Which team is most likely to bring the next national title to UF? After the jump, read which team I predict will be the next to bring the ultimate glory to Gainesville.
(Via Florida Lacrosse on Facebook.)
You have to assume England's national women's lacrosse team, currently ranked fourth in the world, was tired Thursday. Following their long flight to the states, it narrowly defeated Jacksonville University Wednesday night in a hard-fought match before heading to Gainesville to face the No. 5 Gators at Donald R. Dizney Stadium on Thursday. Still, Coach Amanda O'Leary has to be excited with her squad's 17-2 win, especially with the performance of the newest Gators team members. The No. 3-rated recruiting class from a year ago scored 12 of the Gators' 17 goals in the victory, led by Gabi Wiegand, a junior transfer from University of Richmond, who scored five goals and added two assists for Florida. Freshman Nicole Graziano contributed four goals for the orange and blue and All-American Kitty Cullen added three goals.
Junior goalkeeping duo Mikey Meagher and Cara Canington split time in goal, with each holding England to a single goal in 30 minutes of play. The Gators outshot England 32-13 for the match.
